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- Grade Range
- 11th - 12th
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Students use the internet and plant guides and other resources to identify plants and their medicinal importance as seen by the Native Americans. They view a copy of the Lewis and Clark journal that held photos of the plants of their herbarium. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students distinguish between exotic and native plant species. They work in groups in the field to restore a natural habitat. A class map is created to reflect their work in the field. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 9th
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Students gather and identify leaves for a collection. They discuss how a leaf's form reflects its adaptation to its environment. They press the leaves in a book and glue them on construction paper. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 12th
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Students identify and categorize leaves. They collect leaves from trees, research the leaves using field guides and the Internet, press, label, and display the leaves, and discuss how the leaf reflects adaptation to its environment. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 4th - 10th
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Students categorize leaves they collect from trees outdoors by consulting a variety of sources. They discuss how the form of a leaf reflects its adaptation to its environment. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 4th
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Students discover how leaf arrangement and structure can be used for tree identification. They go for a walk around the school building or local area and identify trees by using the leaf structures and arrangements observed and discussed in class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students become familiar with making herbarium specimens as well as utilizing field guides to help identify the species which they gather. They use their herbarium collection to create personalized field guides with plants in their local habitat. Students explore how to collect plants. prepare herbarium specimens, use keys for identification, and explore how scientists keep track of and name plants. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th
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Students examine and identify phytoplankton and zooplankton under a microscope. They identify the characteristics of phytoplankton, examine fresh plankton samples under the microscope, and identify and complete drawings of the specimens. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students study plant characteristics, classification and invasive weed research. They build a plant press to press collected plants for labeling and mounting. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students engage in a lesson that is concerned with the study of native plants and classifying them according to a kind. They press them into a journal while identifying them according to species. Students compile the samples into a herbarium for later use. Full Review »

